“Isn’t it worth trying?” So said Vice President JD Vance at a White House press conference on Friday. He was discussing the oft-delayed and widely criticized memorandum of understanding (MOU) designed to end the fighting with Iran and extend the ceasefire for 60 days. That simple rhetorical question may be the best way to unpack President Donald Trump’s decision to continue seeking peace through diplomacy, even as the US controls the skies and seas surrounding Iran, and weeks turn into months since hostilities commenced.
Both hawks and doves have been attacking the president mercilessly in recent days. The usual suspects on the left, most of whom acknowledged the threat posed by Iran for decades but opposed Operation Epic Fury the moment the first shot was fired, see political opportunity as midterms approach and are more than willing to undermine the Commander-in-Chief in the midst of war. They are spinning like a top, making the preposterous argument that, contrary to all evidence from the battlefield, Iran is actually winning the war or even that the Islamist regime is actually stronger now than before Operation Epic Fury. While such arguments should be dismissed with the wave of a hand, the left’s bitter intransigence sends the message to the mullahs that most of the American people oppose the war and thus provides more leverage for Iran at the bargaining table.
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